What happened to your original post [?] Eruhen?
I apologize if I have said anything to create confusion, but I will try and state my Legolas position in its rawest form.
I do not think there is a chance in Udun that the 2 Legolas' are the same.
Zero zip nada.
I do not think there should be anything in our FoG that even suggests the possibility and I do not for a moment think JRRT would have either.
And here is why:
While Tolkien wrote/debated/corresponded rather exstensively on Glorfindel and his return or not, never once in HoME 6-9 [to my knowledge], the Letters or of course the LotR is Legolas [ of Gondolin] included in on this. The only realistic conclusion I can draw from this sfrom this is that JRRT never saw the 2 as identical.
The above coupled w/ the fact that legolas' name as it stands in LotR shows a 'sylvanization' that would no longer have been present in the Sindarin of Gondolin, leads me to conclude that while they share a similar name, to leave them identical against evidence is only the more likely to breed a confusion that need not exist.
Hope that clarifies my position at least.
as Aiwendil's stated
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I'm afraid this is not really possible. Legolas in FoG is an Elf of Gondolin, probably Noldorin (though possibly Sindarin). Legolas in LotR is the son of Thranduil, son of Oropher; Oropher is said to have been a Sindarin prince who came east to settle among the Silvan Elves. It is strongly suggested in UT that Legolas was not yet born when Oropher moved east.
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[ October 15, 2002: Message edited by: lindil ]